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This October, RJ Living is expanding its collection through a considered exploration of materiality, introducing new fabrics, finishes, colours and forms across some of its most-loved designs. Rather than reinventing its design language, the Australian furniture brand continues to evolve it through a richer material palette and new expressions of familiar forms. The result is […]
Designer Rugs, the Australian family-owned luxury rug house, celebrated its 40th anniversary last Thursday with an evening at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), quayside on Sydney Harbour. Founded by Eli and Nurit Tal and carried forward by their son Yosi Tal, the house has grown over four decades into one of Australia’s most distinguished […]
Axolotl’s Grid Glass reinterprets the centuries-old language of stained glass through architectural glass, digital manufacturing and material experimentation – with the Ghan providing a particularly demanding setting in which to push the process further. There is something inherently familiar about Grid Glass. Its geometry recalls the leaded lines and coloured fragments of traditional stained glass, […]
The contemporary workplace is no longer defined by a single posture, a fixed desk or even a consistent way of working. A working day may move between focused screen time, collaborative discussions, informal meetings and moments away from the desk, with the body continually adapting to different tasks and environments. Despite this shift towards greater […]
The Spring-Summer 2026 collection from Roche Bobois rethinks outdoor spaces as fully realised living environments, pairing bold colour and generous forms with technical innovation, craftsmanship and enduring materials. For Roche Bobois, outdoor living is not an afterthought. Rather than treating terraces, gardens and balconies as secondary spaces – or simply extensions of the rooms inside […]
Herman Miller has extended its Byne Collection with a customisable meeting table designed to meet the needs of different team configurations, working styles and technology integrations. The modern workspace as a social space The last few years have seen a shift in physical workplace design becoming less about individual workstations and more about collaborative environments. […]
The founder and director of T. Black and T. Black Atelier has only been in Australia for five years, but he’s already made an undeniable impact on the interior architecture and product design industries. And now he’s looking to give something back to the design community by joining ADR‘s 30UNDER30 program as a practice partner. […]
Six Australian creatives have translated personal stories, memories and causes into a collection of bespoke rugs, marking Designer Rugs’ 40th anniversary with an auction that puts design in service of something bigger. What happens when six of Australia’s most celebrated creative voices are invited to turn their ideas into rugs – and, in doing so, […]
This year’s Adelaide Design Week puts collaboration, conversation and community ahead of the cult of the individual designer – positioning design culture itself as the thing worth celebrating. Design festivals can easily become exercises in looking at things: the finished building, the polished object, the installation, the designer standing beside it explaining the thinking. Adelaide […]
Advanced lighting technology hits Victoria’s heritage Parliament House façade in Melbourne If ever there were a reason to show Victoria’s Parliament House in a new light, it’s with the advanced lighting control technology of Pharos Architectural Controls. A new project undertaken by the British manufacturer has replaced the ageing sodium vapor floodlighting of the heritage […]
The new collection from Greg Natale is designed to bring a touch of theatricality into the home. The capsule collection titled ‘Operetta’ features interior décor items including vases, candles, decorative dishes and more. Italian for ‘small opera’, Operetta reframes the rhythm and visual impact of the theatre for contemporary interior spaces. Natale used a palette […]
For the fifth year of what has swiftly become the primary annual mentorship and creative pathways program for emerging professional designers and architects, Australian design brand King Living has come on board as a co-major partner. Australian Design Review talks to the brand’s head of design, Chris Cooke about King Living’s decision to support the […]
For 19 years, The Rug Collection has helped Australia’s interior designers create beautifully layered interiors through handcrafted rugs. As the business grew beyond rugs into a curated furniture collection, the time came for a name that reflected its broader vision. Enter Tallira. What’s in a name? Founded by Simon Robinson, Yosi Tal and Eli Tal, […]
Byron Bay studio Kitsune Moon turns storm-damaged and salvaged timber into furniture that keeps its scars visible. A slab found rotting in a shed, fungus already threading through its grain, is not the kind of material most furniture makers would choose to begin with, yet it is exactly the sort of starting point that defines […]
The distance between a brilliant drawing and a flawless installation is almost always a handover. At Krost’s manufacturing facility in Sydney, design engineering and fabrication share a single footprint. Keeping the entire operation local and in-house brings rare agility to complex custom work, protecting tight tolerances, zero-joint edging details and material continuity from initial prototype […]
Most people, at some point in their work, know the particular satisfaction of a plan landing better than they’d hoped for. This is what that looked like, at 10 metres long, in the middle of Chapter House. When Jon Goulder and Henry Williams were invited to create a work for Chapter House – the cavernous […]
Two exhibitors show how centuries-old timber traditions continue shaping contemporary furniture design in Melbourne today. Now in its 22nd year, Decor + Design returned to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from 15 to 17 July, drawing more than 10,000 design professionals and over 200 exhibitors across three days under this year’s theme of ‘Fresh’. […]
As Paola Lenti collects Italy’s highest design honour, sister and CEO Anna Lenti touches down in Melbourne to unpack the philosophy behind the brand’s 44 colour families. When Paola Lenti accepted the XXIX Compasso d’Oro Career Award at Milan’s ADI Design Museum in May, she made a point of sharing the credit, telling the audience […]
If there is a word that epitomises the number one consideration for workplace design today it’s flexibility. And that’s a word that KISSEN Create exemplifies completely. Now, more than ever, workplaces need to evolve to meet the demands of the workforces that use them. Post-pandemic and the associated rise of flexible working, the design of […]
Elegantly balancing practicality with refined design, furniture specialist Stellar Works fuses Japanese sensibilities with a base of operations in Shanghai. Its recent two-part installation THOUGHT / FUL, presented at this year’s 3daysofdesign festival in Copenhagen, offered a tranquil reimagining of interior space. Responding to the encompassing theme – ‘Make this moment matter’ – of this […]
Originally designed by Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick in 1994, Herman Miller‘s Aeron chair has led the way in ergonomic performance seating for over 30 years. Not ones to sit still or settle, the design team has continued to innovate this iconic chair with new materials, new colours and sustainability breakthroughs. Problem-solving through design has […]
3daysofdesign takes place across Copenhagen every June, drawing together the full breadth of Scandinavian and European design culture into a loosely structured, citywide event that is difficult to describe to anyone who hasn’t attended. It is not a trade fair. It is not a festival in the conventional sense. It happens in brand showrooms and […]
The latest National Gallery of Victoria’s Winter Masterpieces exhibition is here. But while no one can doubt the exquisite artistry and consummate skills on display, how well does it sit to have a commercial brand as the title of the annual cultural draw card? Full disclosure, I’m one of those for whom an interest, knowledge […]
At this year’s 3daysofdesign festival in Copenhagen, family-owned Italian design company Arper is presenting a new exhibition, (RE)CONNECTING, built around themes of returning to the present moment and the people around us. Taking place this year from 10-12 June, 3daysofdesign is Denmark’s official design festival and represents one of the key events of the global […]